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Cooling technology helping umps handle the heat

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Published June 15, 2012 8:38pm ET
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Cooling technology helping umps handle the heat
In this photo taken June 7, 2012, umpire Mike Muchlinski models a cooling vest in the umpires dressing room prior to a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Cincinnati. New technology allows umpires to wear cold packs under their shirts, an innovation that umpires say makes it feel 20 degrees cooler. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) | Al Behrman

CINCINNATI (AP) — Those summer scorchers don’t make umpires melt down anymore.

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